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Cumberland South

MLA: Tory Rushton · Progressive Conservative

Projected winner

If an election were held today. Projection as of Oct 11, 2026; the next election may be years away.

Progressive Conservative>99% chance of winning

  • Progressive Conservative · 59.4% projected vote>99%

2024 result

  • Tory Rushton · Progressive Conservativeelected3,44277.2%
  • Liam D. MacDonald · Liberal54012.1%
  • Larry Duchesne · NS NDP47610.7%
Margin
65.1%
Tier
Safe
Turnout
37.8%
Registered
11,810

2021 result

  • Tory Rushton · Progressive Conservativeelected3,90068.5%
  • Rollie Lawless · Liberal1,09219.2%
  • Larry Duchesne · NS NDP5249.2%
  • Nicholas Hendren · Green1803.2%

District at a glance

2021 Census of Population. Statistics Canada publishes no profile on Nova Scotia's provincial districts, so these are built from the dissemination areas inside each one: counts are exact sums, medians are estimates. Ranks are against all 56 districts.

Median household income
$56,54555 of 56
Average rent
$62755 of 56
Renters
17.8%37 of 56
Bachelor's or higher
9.3%55 of 56
Median age
52.511 of 56
Over 65
28.1%12 of 56
Speak French
3.4%52 of 56
Immigrants
2.1%51 of 56
Indigenous identity
2.2%53 of 56
Unemployment
15.4%13 of 56

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Results and boundaries: Elections Nova Scotia. Census: Statistics Canada.